Manufacture of brown flour



Patent ed May 6, 1924.

PATENT orrlcs.

WILLIAM THOMAS KYLE, OF THORNTON HEATH, ENGLAND.-

MANUFACTURE BROWN FLOUR.

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To all whom'z't may concern:

Be it known. that I, WILLIAM THOMAS RYLE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident of 6 Thornton Heath, county ofSurrey, England, have invented certain new and use-,

ful Improvements in the Manufacture of Brown Flour, of which thefollowing is a specification. v I

This invention relates to a process for producing a brown flourincluding wheat germs, in such manner that the flour,

especially having) regard to "its germ content,

le, digestible and assimi- 26 the said germs; such disadvantages areentirely obviated, and products, such as bread, made from the flour areextremely palatable and can be produced with a mellow crust.

According to my process I take wheat 30 grain and partly mill it to anextent whereby the germs can be extracted and separated by any knownmethod. The partly milled wheat remaining after separation of the germsI will refer to as the remaining Application filed December 24, 1928.Serial No. 682,544.

components of the wheat; To the separated v wheat germs I add a suitableproportion of oatmeal flour (four parts of germs to one of oatmeal givesa good result), and roast the mixed germs and oatmeal together. .By wayof example, the roasting is carried on 4 for about ten minutes at atemperature of 480 degrees Fahr. The roasted mixture is mixed with theremaining components of the wheat, and the milling of the latter and itsadditional roasted material completed.

The flour can afterwards be made into brown bread, biscuits and thelike, by any usual and suitable process, and, obviously, when suppliedfor such purpose may have a slight admixture of salt and any of the wellknown constituents of floors intended for particular purposes.

I claim A process .for producing a brown flour of the kind containingwheat germs, which consists in .partly milling wheat grain,

separating the germs from the remaining components of the wheat,roasting the germs, adding a proportion of oatmeal to the separatedgerms during roasting, adding the roasted mixture to the remainingcomponents of the wheat, and finally completing the milling thereof,substantially as herein describe p In testimony whereof I have aflixedmy signature hereto this 14th day of December, 1923.

WILLIAM THOMAS RYLE.

